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Great news: Clean energy has reached what venture capitalists call "an inflection point." There is no stopping it, and it has become a worldwide, major positive trend. Fossil fuel industry attempts to kill renewable energy have failed, and all signs…

From Eryn Gable of the healthy lifestyle website The Spruce: "The choices we make in our everyday lives have a profound effect on our environment, but there are simple actions you can take to reduce that impact. Here's a list…

Changing our habits first is the way most people start global warming solutions. It’s effective, plus pretty much automatically gives one a heck of an education. And it pays to focus on big things that matter: Compassionate food choices and…

Sometimes a story frames the big picture around global warming simply and clearly... I see this fifteen year old taking a leadership role, and ask myself: "How can I follow the example of this kid? Do I even have her…

There are many ways to green our daily lives… but a great tool most people don’t think of is greening our investments. In particular, at least stop doing harm by dumping any investment in oil, coal or natural gas companies…

Get started, taking action on solutions to our emerging climate crisis… while celebrating good jobs and clean, prosperous lives for millions. In a very real sense, we are inventing the healthy civilization of the future. It starts with YOU. The…

This has been a brutally hot summer so far, breaking records all around the world. This is NOT normal... the excess heat we are seeing in the atmosphere will transfer - as it always does - to the oceans, which…

As a kid, I always watched the grown ups… Like a young hawk, I absorbed the examples they set: They showed me how I should live, what leadership looks like. They showed me that I have power and a voice.…

An excellent action handbook comes to us from Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize winner and world leader of the fight to slow the emerging climate crisis. Gore's new book Truth to Power: Your Action Handbook to Learn the Science, Find Your Voice,…

It turns out reducing food waste is the third most powerful way to fight global warming. And, a refreshing bonus, it saves hard-earned money – in effect giving each of us a pay raise. This is as true for families as it is for…

I like this pope. Speaking to invited oil industry leaders in the Vatican in early June, Pope Francis reminded them of the moral argument for fighting the emerging climate crisis, as well as ethical principles that should be followed by…

Why WOULDN'T anyone want to go work in Hawaii for a few years? Here's a great piece from Fast Company, "Hawaii Just Passed a Law to Make the State Carbon-Neutral by 2045." This creates good jobs and business opportunities in…

As a business person and a climate solutions fan, I look for trends where the two intersect. Corporations and families are learning to nullify greenhouse gas pollution produced by their operations or by family energy and travel. How? Pay others…

Who knew fighting global warming could taste so good? Yummy plant-based meat substitutes are a rapidly growing new market, not just saving the planet but in the process also creating great new jobs as well as a solid business opportunity. …

Hello friends, welcome… are you asking yourself, “OK, I get it. How do I do my part?” Get started, taking action on solutions to our emerging climate crisis… while celebrating good jobs and clean, prosperous lives for millions. In a very…

Hey, busy people, here is a new, concise animation showing the increasing temperatures of recent decades. (It's actually kind of hypnotic, fun to watch...) I’d say it’s important to share the animation with family and friends – to gently and…

Photo memes are a quick, punchy tool you and I can use to fight global warming: We can use them to keep climate change solutions top-of-mind, among people we want to influence. That's what it's all about... each of us…

Soon it will be time to get in on the emerging carbon fiber industry... especially now that researchers can make the ultrastrong, ultralight steel-replacement out of plants instead of petroleum, as explained in this article in Popular Science by Jeremiah…

Although our site emphasizes the many positive, empowering things humanity is doing to slow the emerging climate crisis, it is important at year-end to do a reality check. Big changes continue... the news is sobering, according to this piece recapping…

One of the most dangerous things about the emerging global warming crisis is the organized, well-funded opposition to any reasonable action - opposition even to a fair reading of the science, in particular inside the United States. Here is an…

Several years ago I went through a period becoming educated about global warming. It blew my mind. Along the way I realized one solution any of us can do immediately is to get in the habit of doing a Green Good…

Here's a great article from The Guardian, reporting that "electric cars are already cheaper to own and run than petrol or diesel cars in the UK, US and Japan, new research shows." This data confirms my own experience as an…

Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg certainly used his voice in an awesome way this week, by giving $50 million of his own money to advocate internationally to replace filthy coal with cleaner energy. This is in addition to $165 million he…

There aren't many with as fine a voice as Paul McCartney's, and his is taking the new U.S. administration to task for its weakness at fighting climate change. According to the BBC, the former Beatle criticised President Trump's attitude towards climate…

The United States government Friday published its most-weighty report yet on the unfolding climate change crisis, drawing on over 1,500 peer-reviewed scientific papers, according to National Public Radio's All Things Considered: Read their article or hear the broadcast here. In…

Here's a list of 17 things we can do in our day-to-day lives to reduce our carbon footprint... the list comes from the Global Catholic Climate Movement. The important thing is just get started - the feeling of satisfaction of…

Astonishing news from the auto industry this week: "General Motors said Monday that it plans to electrify its entire lineup, bringing at least 20 models to the U.S. market by 2023, including two electric vehicles within the next 18 months,"…

The moral obligation created by climate change, it turns out, is the same for people of faith and for non-religious people. So, many of us are coming to realize that no one has the right to injure others, especially the weakest among…

Emotion from the 2016 U.S. election triggered a wave of new people running for office... and that includes people serious about protecting our future from environmental harm. Though the impulse comes from concern, for many it will be the most…

Tesla and Panasonic have launched the most exciting home construction product in decades: Attractive high-end roofing tiles that look like expensive slate, and capture the sun's energy for home electricity use. Think of it: We periodically need a new roof…

Aside from its attractive and continuing cost reductions, wind energy also provides solid local jobs as large wind farms are built. Here is an in-depth profile of Oklahoma's massive Wind Catcher wind farm project; it may well hold the title…

The list of lifestyle tactics we can use to clean up our personal carbon footprint is pretty well-known, but there is another dimension: How do we feel, inside, about the harm we are doing to people around us, in particular…

From Eric Holthaus of Grist, a profile of 21 kids skillfully using the court system to sue those who harm the kids' futures... by causing climate change. In this case, the commercial product causing the kids harm is coal, oil…

Here's is an excellent piece from the Washington Post, by climate scientist Ben Santer of the National Academy of Sciences. In it he firmly commits to making sure climate change facts win, not the current (and temporary) political blizzard of…

When we say, To Save the Planet Change Yourself First, usually we mean our personal carbon footprint: Transportation, homes, and even making our food choices clean and green. However, it's also fun to see ourselves as a Many Me... This…

Gosh, who would have guessed, with all this talk about bringing coal jobs back? Coal is filthy stuff and shortens the lives of 52,000 Americans each year, according to "So about those coal jobs: Turns out replacing coal with solar could…

I had the pleasure of attending my third Tesla annual shareholders meeting yesterday, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Among founder Elon Musk's comments, one theme stuck out for me: Tesla is growing, a lot. Therefore, the…

This quarter's Environmental Defense Fund Solutions magazine publishes a list of great advocacy resources... Five Ways to Make a Difference. As the article lead-paragraph says, "In these unprecedented times, we've seen something equally unprecedented - a surge of activism." Countable (countable.us) "Not sure…

If we want to save the planet, we have to educate ourselves as part of "changing ourselves first." Here's an interview with Columbia Business School professor Geoffrey Heal on the dangerous economics of climate change, which he discusses at length…

Global Warming for Busy People is mostly calls-to-action, and we focus on coaxing busy-but-concerned people to start fighting the good fight, teaching a basket of tactics drawn from the personal powers we all possess in a democratic, market-based economy. But…

One way to think about "To Save the Planet, Use Your Voice" is for us to simply look, in daily conversation or social settings, for opportunities to influence the people around us... be resourceful and courteous, but gently persistent. Today,…

Here's a thoughtful overview of the clean energy job market, from Rod Griffin of the Environmental Defense Fund's quarterly magazine, EDF Solutions. Good news: There is money to be made here, not to mention saving the planet... as Griffin points…

Changing our own habits first, to reduce greenhouse pollution, is the way most people start their path to global warming solutions. It feels good to "live lightly on the land," though based on my own experience I'd wager most do…

By chance good luck, the New York Times yesterday published an extended profile on Citizens Climate Lobby. The profile fits with our own May 18 call-to-action post, asking that we all support CCL's June 9th day of calling US congressional…

One of the very highest-payoff climate change solutions is carbon-fee-and-dividend: It fixes the serious market distortion, where climate harm is inflicted on innocent third parties but no cost ever shows up on the transgressor's books - in effect, an enormous subsidy…

Sometimes we get lucky, in this case where China and India are ahead of schedule curtailing the use of filthy coal - effectively, picking up the slack created by Trump squashing America's Clean Power Plan. Good backgrounder by Andrew Freedman of…

Following a short break after leaving the White House, President Obama returns to his skills as an activist... characteristic with his no-drama style, looks like he'll work only on really big knobs that make a difference. Climate change makes his…

Here's is a fun wind farm video, from the windshield of a vehicle touring the giant wind farm in Mojave, California... in the vast deserts stretching east toward Arizona from California's fertile Central Valley. Large-scale wind farms are springing up…

Here's a fine summary article about Saturday's March for Science, from New York Magazine writer Chas Danner. Please keep in mind: Though an event like Earth Day is only a single day, Washington's oil and coal industry-driven clampdown is likely to…

Saturday was Earth Day and saw the first-ever March for Science in 600 cities around the world... here is a fun collection of witty protest signs, from the San Francisco Chronicle. It's good to keep in mind that even though…

Here's a live update stream on today's March for Science, from Live Science. (If you can't be at one of the marches in 600 cities around the world, you can still show up online!) As well, here are streams from Science…

March temperature data is in, and the news isn't good: It was the second hottest March on record. The excellent graphic in this piece by Brian Kahn of Climate Central tells the story of our unfolding new-climate era. "What's so…

Earth Day 2017 is here! Check out teaching events and marches near you... this year there is extra attention to the critically important role science plays in a rational society, with teach-ins on environmental and climate literacy. Saturday, April 22,…

If you have a strong conviction on a social-change issue, there are really only three tactics you can use (Superpowers we all share, really). They come from you, and only you... Change Yourself, or Invest Your Working Life, or Use…

A fine summary from Tina Rosenberg the New York Times, illustrating growing support for a carbon tax from oil executives (including the new CEO of Exxon after Rex Tillerson's departure), as well as other conservatives. Environmentalists have long pointed…

As we are seeing today in California, "Britain has proved the doom-mongers wrong: economies can thrive while emissions fall..." To me this makes obvious sense for two reasons: One, climate solutions generate new and lucrative industries, especially creating high-wage-high-skill jobs.…

Here's a discussion on how smart factories and energy efficiency help company success while reducing carbon footprint. The event was a breakout lecture at last summer's Silicon Valley Energy Summit at Stanford University. The speakers are Mark Johnson, U.S. Department of…

I want to draw everyone's attention to (and recommend) the new book, "Drawdown, The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed To Reverse Global Warming." The book is the result of an extensive research project to rate the relative effectiveness of many…

This talk by Professor James Sweeney of Stanford University has affected my thinking about climate change solutions more than any other... His research shows that all-things-efficiency is our heaviest hitter, numerically, as well as likely the best way to do a…

Last month I camped in the California desert, and yes, there is awesome spring life there - not only an explosion of flowers, but also bird life. So, yes, given the ferocious five-year drought the state just went through, I…

Here's a fun tool from Google for calculating solar rooftop potentials... from an article in Greentech Media by Katie Fehrenbacher. With rooftop solar costs continuing to drop, it's time to go solar! * …

Thank you, Lord, for putting Amory Lovins and his Rocky Mountain Institute on the planet... Here one of the world's leading experts on energy efficiency economics demolishes the Trump team's incorrect argument that lowering automobile fuel economy standards is good…

"Be the change you want to see..." Earlier this month I had the honor of hearing one of the authors of the fast-rising and hugely useful Indivisible Guide for grassroots-organizing. Our era and our children's eras face great risk from…

We are seeing a renaissance in upcoming clean vehicle, high MPG gasoline and electric car offerings by all major auto manufacturer. But there are risks: Market acceptance is gradual and there is open hostility from some quarters. Here's a thoughtful piece…

Human population (“the economy”) will gradually surpass our planet’s carrying-capacity, and stress points are already starting to show. The stress-point emerging first and worst is global warming, which is already partially upon us and promises to get worse, as mankind…

Clean wind energy is producing jobs at a fine growth pace... inspiring confidence in the wind industry. If you are a young person looking for a way to invest your career in a trade which saves the planet, wind energy…

Automakers in every country are in a race... who will design the best electric and hybrid cars? Two strong contestants right now are the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime which gets 133MPGe and 640 miles range, and the 2017 Chevy Volt…

An important part of "Change Yourself First" is get-as-educated-as-possible... here's a solid source I like: I find Germany's broadcast outfit Deutsche Welle a refreshing alternative to America's mainstream media. It feels good to hear investigative journalism from other countries, produced…

Nice investigative piece from this week's Bloomberg... on how poorly prepared for climate adaptation Alaska currently is, given the much-warmer winters its economy now experiences. But, not obviously, there are a BOATLOAD of new jobs coming in the climate adaptation…

Ever want to design a game? Enter your awesome climate-footprint game in the upcoming "Climate Change Game Jam." Make saving the planet fun! The event takes place March 18 and 19, and is sponsored by the provincial government of Ontario,…

The Obama new, higher automobile fuel economy standards will put hundreds of billions of dollars back in the wallets of motorists over the coming decade, yet the new Federal government wants to roll back the standards... just at the time…

In art or music, it pays to learn from the Masters... why reinvent paths a genius has already blazed for us? So for job search, glean leads from lists others have already compiled in the advanced-energy sector: Trade associations, think…

Completely nonpolluting electricity has arrived for Silicon Valey residences and businesses. Silicon Valley Clean Energy is about to go live. The rollout over the next several months offers 100% carbon free energy in two different flavors depending on source. Customers will…

The second of our great Superpowers is: "If you want to save the planet, Invest Your Working Life." I really enjoyed this podcast by Greentech Media's Stephen Lacey, "The Future of Work: Advice for Building a Cleantech Career in a Rapidly Changing Economy."…

The third of our great Superpowers is "If you want to save the planet, Use Your Voice." This week I had the pleasure of attending advocacy training by The Climate Reality Project, in Denver. Sobering, yet extraordinarily energizing! It included…

I really like Al Gore, and appreciate a morale-builder he shares with audiences, to soften some of the emotion climate change causes folks. This is from an interview he gave Amazon: "I often open the slideshow by talking about the…

Around camp dinner, my friend David talked about climate change. What he said was perfect: "To save the planet, you have to change yourself first." That's it, diamond-like precise: As we grow into a cleaner lifestyle, we automatically get an…

Since we all have to go to work anyway, we may as well choose jobs on the side of good rather than evil… There are 2.5 million jobs already in America’s advanced energy sector, plus more in other fields that…

Our third great source of personal power is Use Your Voice… in other words, be an influencer: Get in the habit of actively influencing the people around us, our jobs and our economy, and our leaders at every level. Our…

Global warming is a devilish problem, because our greenhouse gas pollution comes mostly from fossil fuels which infect every area of our civilization. But though daunting, fossil fuels are where we must focus the big solutions, ones that really stand…

According to film-industry mainstay Variety, a July 28 summer release date has been set for An Inconvenient Sequel: Speaking Truth to Power. Al Gore's ten-year update of his orginal hit global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth received positive reviews at this month's…

During 2014 and 2015 I went through a period of becoming educated about global warming. It blew my mind... great brain-candy on both: A) the problem-set side (the science) and, B) the solution-set side (the economics). But along the way…

Global Warming for Busy People is a free service open to all, a labor of love really, by our authors. We are in Spring of 2017 starting free one-on-one mentoring services, to help you make a life change in any…

This useful summary-message is by Canadian author Guy Dauncey, from his fine resource book: "The Climate Challenge (101 Solutions to Global Warming)" Fossil fuels have been amazing. The age of fossil fuels is almost over. Climate change is the Earth's…

Interesting polling as reported yesterday by The Guardian: "Republicans and Democrats Alike Want More Clean Energy." We've been hearing this for sometime, that on the conservative side it is really only the leadership that blocks efforts to fight climate change...…

A) The excellent short, one page list of green tips, from the Union of Concerned Scientists book "Cooler, Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living." You can get a lot of insight quickly from this one document! B) For most people,…

Maximize the effective time and skills each of us brings, without wrecking our personal lives: To Save the Planet, Change Yourself First. To Save the Planet, Invest Your Career. To Save the Planet, Use Your Voice. (The steps do NOT…

As I see it, there are two ways we can do that: Vote with one's purchases. Vote with one's donations. The first is using your personal Market Power to influence others (wise, because you were going to use cash to…

Use your voice to influence the people around us, in our ordinary day-to-day low level social interactions. Key : Make the effort to hear their point of view and speak to their concerns. A magnificent resource to polish your technique…

If you want to save the planet, Change Yourself First. It is the magic key that unlocks one hell of a self-education on climate change, and of course fixes your carbon footprint, your own contribution greenhouse gas pollution. But it…

I can't resist turning busy readers onto powerful, concise videos... that give a solid briefing very quickly. This video is by climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University... her talks are lively, short and pack a lot of scientific…

As I said, most busy people visiting our site already know that global warming is a huge, emerging and long-lived problem... But for those who want more background, here is a concise look at the unvarnished science, a link to…

Normally, people who come to Global Warming for Busy People aready KNOW the magnitude of our risk and are here seeking solutions... "Ok, I get it. What are the most efficient ways I can get results?" But just in case…

The biggest issue facing civilization today, "how to slow down catastrophic global warming so we have time to create the sustainable, clean economy of the future," quickly comes back to the personal level: "Ok, I get it... What can I…

Fine, so our first blog post posed problem and mission statements... scary stuff, but big and true stuff -probably the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. But we're about solutions here, and that's where the excitement, community, and deep brain…

PROBLEM STATEMENT: Human population (“the economy”) will surpass our planet’s carrying capacity, and human-caused climate change stress-points are already starting to show. This is the kind of thing that ends civilizations… the stress-point emerging first and most urgently is global…